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Yahoo to simplify e-biz for small companies

Yahoo will revamp its e-commerce hosting platform to make it easier to open and manage online stores

Sun: Java will work well with Vista

Company denies rumors of problems with upcoming Windows operating system

Storm clouds on AV horizon

Microsoft roiling once-clubby anti-virus industry

Philips Q3 profit soars on sale of semiconductor unit

After sale of its mobile phone business, company is refocusing on less volatile areas

Jtest treks to code-testing supremacy

Version 8 of Parasoft's Java test tool sports impressive BugDetective analysis features

Credit card industry set to shake up high tech

As Visa requirements proliferate applications will be forced to comply

Flapjax on the griddle for Web apps

AJAX-based technology debuts

SAP to license NetWeaver to non-customer developers

For the first time SAP will open up license program to one and all

Microsoft warns of new PowerPoint attack

Warning comes just days after patching four bugs in Microsoft's presentation software

MRAM: A solution in search of problems

Freescale must decide which applications to target with its new magnetic RAM

Update: MSN is latest target of Belgian copyright complaint

After Google win, Belgian publishers pursue MSN over the rights to publish content

Apache highlights open source projects

Java framework, content management system among those being touted at ApacheCon

BenQ Mobile charts return from bankruptcy

BenQ Mobile hopes to regroup with narrower focus on designing phones for other customers

Fujitsu to offer flash-disk option with laptops

User will experience faster startup with new portable computers

Sanctions could cut North Korean telecoms links

UN Security Council members are debating what action to take after North Korea tested a nuclear device

Update: Regulations won’t delay Vista in Europe

Redmond says it is still on schedule to deliver Vista despite earlier warnings

Vista’s DRM features could bedevil AV

Protected Processes feature in question

Oracle broadens its applications management

Enterprise Manager 10g to get three new comprehensive applications management packs

Office Live to complement Office 2007 in SMBs

Web-hosted services will be key to delivering collaboration functions to Office 2007 SMB users

Microsoft security chief is reassigned

Security czar Ben Fathi will head up the development of Windows core components as Microsoft reorganizes its OS division

Adobe exec: Despite scandals, stock options still key

Wave of stock option backdating will not affect stock option desirability

HP hires ethics and compliance officer

Jon Hoak to work with outside counsel on independent assessment of HP's investigative practices

Apple-paid study: Display size matters

Update: Google’s blog hosting platform suffers outage

Whether any data has been lost is still unknown

Microsoft launches new service through Colloquis buy

Businesses will be able to use digital language-processing to interact with customers online

YouTube acquisition, McAfee scandal point to tech trends

Big companies are buying Web 2.0 startups; how well the companies leverage their acquisitions remains to be seen

U.S. begins SRAM antitrust probe

Federal investigators contracted Cypress on Wednesday night seeking documents

Palm targets first-time users with new low-end Treo

Company going after "casual users"

ILM on a shoestring

IBM moves global procurement to China

Big Blue claims no plans to move other business units outside the U.S.

E-mail attacks getting super focused

MessageLabs is seeing an explosion in the number of very targeted attacks. If you haven't already intercepted one of these, it may already be too late!

PalmSource adopts Access name

Parent company Access absorbs PalmSource, will continue to sell the Palm OS

EU opens new telecom infringement cases

EC pursues nine new cases against national governments for failing to honor telecom laws

Vista-ready products to ship by holidays

Microsoft to announce that more than 250 Vista-compatible products will ship in November and December

Palm strengthens ties with Asian operators

Smartphone maker hopes to replicate the Treo's U.S. success in Asia

European Parliament wants changes to patent agreement

Accord seeks to set up a single patent court for 31 European countries

Nokia completes navigation software company buy

Gate5 becomes part of Nokia's multimedia business group

Orkut comes under fire in India

Google's social networking site finds itself in the middle of border feud between India and Pakistan

EU gears up for fight over passenger data

EP members criticize deal that gives U.S. government greater access to airline passenger info

U.S. military to deploy IBM translation in Iraq

IBM's Mastor system will be used to help U.S. forces better communicate with local security forces and Iraqi citizens

Siemens to overhaul IT service unit

President of the new business entity is given the mandate to slash costs by $1.9B by mid-2007

Microsoft’s second generation of OBA

Ask.com readies search services for cellphones

Ask.com becomes latest company to offer browser-based search for mobile devices

Integration issues linger at Sun StorageTek

Sun must dispell the 'market confusion' to compete against established storage vendors like EMC, HP, and IBM

Transmeta sues Intel over chip patents

Transmeta claims the Pentium and Core PC processors violate its patents

Coghead: Biz apps sans IT

Microsoft offers Office integration for backend apps

Office Business Applications [OBA] is non-vendor specific

Nokia leads smartphone vendors

The Finnish firm could add to its lead in the second half of 2006 as it launches new models of smartphones, a leading analyst said

Intel fixed-mobile WiMax chip rolls out

New system-on-a-chip solution enables WiMax providers to roll out fixed and mobile service in stages

Hurry up and wait for broadband wireless

Panel says the networks and devices for 'true' broadband wireless services don't exist yet